"rub" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

rub verbo

rub + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 58
rub shoulders • rub elbows • rub one's hands • rub one's eyes • rub one's chin • rub one's nose • rub one's face • rub one's head • ...
verbo + rub
Kolokacji: 10
begin rubbing • keep rubbing • begin to rub • start rubbing • stop rubbing • ...
rub + preposición
Kolokacji: 31
rub off • rub against • rub up • rub out • rub down • ...
rub + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 35
rub together • gently rub • rub raw • absently rub • rub away • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 10
  • Haven't got two original ideas to rub together between the whole lot of them.
  • There was a sound like two stones being rubbed together.
  • They had to be broken and the heads rubbed together.
  • My thighs rub together when I walk, thank you very much.
  • These he also slapped down on the table, then stood back, his hands once more rubbing together.
  • You could do things like making a fire by rubbing two sticks together until your hands dropped off.
  • If the oil is too thin, then the parts will rub together and create friction.
  • Terry, who hasn't got a brain cell to rub together.
  • These develop when the ends of the two bones rub together.
  • "Would anyone with two rational brain cells to rub together believe what really did happen?"
2. absently rub = z roztargnieniem potrzyj absently rub
3. thoughtfully rub = zapobiegliwie potrzyj thoughtfully rub
4. gingerly rub = ostrożnie potrzyj gingerly rub
5. nervously rub = nerwowo potrzyj nervously rub
6. carefully rub = ostrożnie potrzyj carefully rub
7. occasionally rub = od czasu do czasu pocieraj occasionally rub
8. surreptitiously rub = ukradkiem pocierać surreptitiously rub
9. ruefully rub = z żalem potrzyj ruefully rub
10. continually rub = ciągle potrzyj continually rub
(2) gently, lightly, softly
Kolokacji: 3
(4) vigorously, briskly
Kolokacji: 2
(5) hard, firmly
Kolokacji: 2
(6) unconsciously, sleepily
Kolokacji: 2
(8) actually, practically
Kolokacji: 2
(9) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(10) tenderly, affectionately
Kolokacji: 2

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